Acting
Community Rating
6.6
TMDB estimate
Born
November 28, 1910
Died
August 19, 1974 (age 63)
Born in
Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the screen, from 1947 to 1974, playing both comedic and dramatic roles in both cinema and television. Notably, he starred in a liveBBC television production of H. G. Wells' The Time Machine in 1949; still photographs of this production exist, but no actual footage.
Justice
as Sir Harold Plant
1971
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UFO
as Dr. Green
1970
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Twisted Nerve
as Professor Fuller
1968
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Nobody Runs Forever
as Leeds
1968
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The Blood Beast Terror
as Landlord
1968
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Man in a Suitcase
1967
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Man in the Middle
as Colonel Thompson
1964
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The Human Jungle
as Headmaster
1963
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The Hole In The Ground
as Narrator
1962
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H.M.S. Defiant
as Flag Captain
1962
—Stryker of the Yard
1961
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Francis of Assisi
as Brother Elias
1961
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The Mark
as 2nd Plain Clothes Officer
1961
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Hell Is a City
as Superintendent
1960
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The Angry Silence
as Thompson
1960
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Sink the Bismarck!
as Air Vice Marshal (uncredited)
1960
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The Son of Robin Hood
as Squire Myles
1958
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Tread Softly Stranger
as Potter
1958
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A Night to Remember
as Capt. Stanley Lord
1958
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The Shiralee
as Parker
1957
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